Valentine Greatrakes [ Science / Art and Literature ]
… provides evidence of both a conscious and an unconscious desire to recover the atmosphere of magical and charismatic sociability. People > Science People > Art and Literature Keywords Health Irrational Crowd Nature Religion … experience troubled the rational vision he heralded, but without ever falling into a charismatic, esoteric and magical sociability. 10 . See Michael Hunter, Boyle: Between God and Science (New Haven, Conn./London: Yale University Press, … or chance, turned obscure aspiring leaders, like Valentine Greatrakes, into public figures. A magical and charismatic sociability was spreading in society around saviour and esoteric characters such as Valentine Greatrakes. The …
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